So, I finally decided to just use my last credit with Audible to buy this one, since I have the sequel in paperback, but didn't know when I'd get the first one. Plus, at the time, I thought that I might be meeting the author at Book Bonanza this summer. However she is no longer attending, which sucks because I NEED to tell her how much this book got me crying, both sad tears and happy tears. And then the cliffhanger! Gah! I will compare it to the same feeling I had after one of K. Bromberg's cliffhangers. As I listened to this, I made a lot of notes whenever I updated my status on Goodreads. I have to point out that at first I was unsure whether I would like the book because the main character smoked. I know, that's silly, but I am so not a smoker, and so anti-cigarette, that is hard for me to connect to a character that is a smoker. Fortunately the way the author handled it, and didn't make it a huge part of the story, worked in her favor for me to finish.

I loved Cassie's thoughts on being a virgin. So much of them reminded me of my younger days, when I started college, as well as what I consider my current born-again V-card status. I have all those same feelings, just haven't been able to put them into the words quite as perfectly as this book does. By halfway through the book I was at the point of berating myself for waiting so long to finally pick it up and read it. I needed to know why Ethan was the way he was about relationships, and when we finally find out the basic reason why, it does make sense. Now I need to figure out where I put my copy of book 2 so I can find out what happens next. Although the rush to burn through it is a little on hold since the author won't be there this summer.